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Fallout New Vegas
Restoring Hope Side Quest Walkthrough
This is a walkthrough of the Restoring Hope side quest in Fallout New Vegas (FNV). Read on to learn how to unlock Restoring Hope, where to find Major Polatli, the quest rewards, and the best dialogue choices for completing the Restoring Hope side quest.
How to Unlock Restoring Hope
Talk to Major Polatli
You can begin this quest by talking to Major Polatli at Camp Forlorn Hope.
To begin this quest, you will need to speak with Dead Sea at Nelson. This town is unmarked and only appears on the World Map once you arrive at the area so feel free to consult the map above while finding Nelson.
Restoring Hope Walkthrough
Talk to Major Polatli and Quartermaster Mayes
Talk to Major Polatli at Camp Forlorn Hope and ask how you can help out. Head for the tent with the open flap to the right and talk to Quartermaster Mayes.
Mayes will task you with retrieving the Forlorn Hope Supplies.
Go to HELIOS One to Ask About Forlorn Hope Supplies
Mayes will task you with retrieving the Forlorn Hope Supplies. You can go about this two ways: go to HELIOS One and get the specific coordinates of the supplies or you can find the location of the supplies yourself.
After you pick up the supplies, three Legionaries will spawn so be ready to fight.
Forlorn Hope Supplies Location
Return the Supplies to Quartermaster Mayes
After retrieving the supplies, head back to Camp Forlorn Hope and return the supplies to Quartermaster Mayes. He'll then ask you to report back to Major Polatli.
Speak to Major Polatli
Speak to Major Polatli and he'll tell you to check in with Dr. Richards. You can find Dr. Richards in the medical tent.
Meet With Dr. Richards
Speak with Dr. Richards and at this point you can either help cure his patients or decline from doing so. You will need 20 Medicine to help out and once you check up on the patients you will need even higher points in Medicine to operate on them.
If you don't have the required Medicine skill, you can use the medical equipment in the tent to treat them with the items required varying per patient. You may also opt to not help Dr. Richards at which point he will ask you to report back to Major Polatli.
Should You Help Dr. Richards? ▼
Return to Major Polatli
Return to Major Polatli after meeting up with Dr. Richards and he'll ask you to help in dealing with the Legion forces at Nelson.
Meet With Sergeant Cooper
Follow your compass and meet up with Sergeant Cooper just outside Nelson. He'll ask if you should attack from the north or from the ridge on the east. We recommend attacking from the North as this lets you get to Dead Sea's cabin quicker.
Defeat the Legion at Nelson
While there are other Legion troopers in the area, your main objective is to take out Dead Sea. You can follow your compass to get to his location where you need to fight him. He will be with Legion troopers so be prepared to fight multiple enemies.
Tell Polatli About the Victory at Nelson
After defeating Dead Sea and his troopers, return to Polatli and tell him about the victory at Nelson to complete this side quest.
Best Choice for Restoring Hope
Don't Help Dr. Richards
When Polatli asks you to help out Dr. Richards, we recommend not helping out as the Medicine skill checks go as high as 75. If you don't meet the Medicine skill, you can still attempt to treat the patients but you will end up failing the operation which ends up with your character gaining NCR Infamy.
It would be best to just not help out and continue with the other objectives in the side quest. There are no repercussions of not helping Dr. Richards.
Restoring Hope Rewards
List of Rewards
| Rewards for Completing Restoring Hope |
|---|
| ・300 XP ・Liberator |
Restoring Hope Information
Basic Information and Overview
| Basic Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 |
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| Location | Quest Giver | Coordinates | |
| Camp Forlorn Hope | Major Polatli | 6.02 | |
| Difficulty | Follower | Reputation | |
| ★★★☆☆ | - | Fame: NCR | |
Fallout New Vegas Related Guides
List of Side Quests
NCR Side Quests
| Anywhere I Wander | Back in Your Own Backyard | Bitter Springs Infirmary Blues |
| Boulder City Showdown | Can You Find It in Your Heart? | Climb Ev’ry Mountain |
| Eye for an Eye | Flags of Our Foul-Ups | Hard Luck Blues |
| I Don’t Hurt Anymore | I Put a Spell on You | Keep Your Eyes on the Prize |
| Left My Heart | Medical Mystery | No, Not Much |
| Pressing Matters | Restoring Hope | Return to Sender |
| That Lucky Old Sun | There Stands the Grass | Three-Card Bounty |
| You Can Depend on Me |
Legion Side Quests
| Cold, Cold Heart | I Hear You Knocking | The Finger of Suspicion |
| We Are Legion |
Freeside and The Strip Side Quests
| Beyond the Beef | Birds of a Feather | Bye Bye Love |
| Classic Inspiration | Debt Collector | G.I. Blues |
| How Little We Know | Talent Pool | Wang Dang Atomic Tango |
Other Faction-Related Side Quests
|
Ant Misbehavin’
(Boomers) |
Sunshine Boogie
(Boomers) |
Volare!
(Boomers) |
|
Young Hearts
(Boomers) |
Eyesight to the Blind
(Brotherhood of Steel) |
Still in the Dark
(Brotherhood of Steel) |
|
Tend to Your Business
(Brotherhood of Steel) |
Ghost Town Gunfight
(Goodsprings) |
Run Goodsprings Run
(Goodsprings) |
|
Aba Daba Honeymoon
(Great Khans) |
Don’t Make a Beggar of Me
(Great Khans) |
Oh My Papa
(Great Khans) |
|
Come Fly With Me
(Novac) |
Booted
(Powder Ganger) |
I Fought the Law
(Powder Ganger) |
|
Why Can’t We Be Friends?
(Powder Ganger) |
Companion Unlock Side Quests
|
ED-E My Love
(ED-E) |
For Auld Lang Syne
(Arcade Gannon) |
Heartache by the Number
(Cass) |
|
I Could Make You Care
(Veronica) |
I Forgot to Remember to Forget
(Boone) |
Nothin’ But a Hound Dog
(Rex) |
|
One For My Baby
(Boone) |
Neutral Side Quests
| A Valuable Lesson | Bleed Me Dry | Crazy, Crazy, Crazy |
| Guess Who I Saw Today | My Kind of Town | Pheeble Will |
| Someone To Watch Over Me | The Coyotes | The Legend of the Star |
| The White Wash | Unfriendly Persuasion | We Will All Go Together |
| Wheel of Fortune |
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